Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“Farmily”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lubbeek · since 2024
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Ecaussinnes · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Famelight · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Greenwich London · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Aalst · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of NK26 · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Family - La maison des Familles · Elsene · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Rendeux · since 2025
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Jette · since 1960
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Gent · since 2018
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Lo-Reninge · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Fine Art Restoration Mechelen · Other specialised construction activities · Mechelen · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Frameries · since 1986
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Mixed farming · Walhain · since 2003
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Andenne · since 2017
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Paris · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Erpe-Mere · since 2021
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Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of FARMAD · Computer programming · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2007